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Connor Mortell

Connor Mortell received his BBA in finance from Texas Christian University and his MBA from Florida State University. Connor worked as a legislative aide in the Florida House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021 and then spent two years working as a teacher, initially teaching kindergarten and first grade, later teaching middle and high school. Connor was a 2023 summer fellow in residence at the Mises Institute and is currently a PhD student at Texas Tech University.

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What Mises Really Thought about Fascism

PoliticsThe Police StateWorld History

09/12/2023Mises Media
When Mises wrote that the fascists had "saved European civilization," he could have been describing Francisco Franco of Spain, who kept Spain from becoming a communist dictatorship.
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Not Even a Pencil Could Exist without Fossil Fuels

Economic FreedomEconomic PolicyThe EnvironmentMedia and Culture

08/27/2023Mises Media
Leonard Read's famous "I, Pencil" explained the workings of the market in terms of the creation of a simple pencil. However, we should not forget that the reviled fossil fuels are involved at every turn.
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What Mises Really Thought about Fascism

PoliticsThe Police StateWorld HistoryPolitical Theory

Blog08/18/2023

When Mises wrote that the fascists had "saved European civilization," he could have been describing Francisco Franco of Spain, who kept Spain from becoming a communist dictatorship.

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Is Secondhand Smoke Bad, or Is It a Public Good? It’s Complicated

Bureaucracy and RegulationProperty Rights

08/12/2023Mises Media
The usual answer is that secondhand smoke is bad. But if value is subjective, perhaps secondhand smoke also can be seen as a public good.
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Wind and Solar Are NOT Cheaper than Coal and Oil

Cronyism and CorporatismEconomic PolicyThe Environment

08/05/2023Mises Media
President Biden makes the false claim that wind- and solar-generated electricity are cheaper than power generated from coal and oil.
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